Dump-car.



S. D. WRIGHT DUMP CAR.

APPLICATION 5mm Yum. 1910.

Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

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DUMP CAR.

APPLICATION FILED 1 213.9. 1910 Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

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DUMP CAR.

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DUMP CAR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9, 1910 1,1 05,948. Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

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DUMIBCAR.

Specification of Letters, Patent.

Application filed February 9. 1910. Serial No. 542,932.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMSON D. WRIGHT, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at- Cleveland, in the county of Cuy-ahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in DumpCars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to improvements in dump cars and more particularly to the class of dump cars, termed coke quenching cars, and in using this type of cars the hot coke is discharged from the ovens directly into these cars where it is quenched by water, and it is necessary that they should be constructed so that they should be able to stand the intense heat and that some provisions should be made for expansion and contraction due to changes in temperature, and further that they should be constructed so as to prevent the loss of fine particles of coke, termed breeze.

More specifically the invention relates to a coke quenching car having a portion, which is subjected to the greatest heat, made up or formed oftlanged cast metal plates which will stand the intense heat of the coke and will quickly radiate the heat through its flanges.

Invention also resides in connecting and supporting cast bottom plates in a manner such that they may expand and contract freely relative to each other in the plane of the fioor of the car due tochangesintemperature resulting from the intense heat of the coke as it comes from the ovens and to the cooling action of the water which is projected upon it.

Still further invention resides in arranging all of the plates and the doors in a manner such that all fine particles of coke.

termed breeze, may be kept within the car and prevented from washing away.

Invention further resides in certain details of construction hereinafter set forth in the following description. drawings and i V v 1 arrangement the sill 20 1s permitted to pass claims.

In the drawingsQFigure I is a perspective view of a portion of a car constructed according to my invention: Fig. 2 is an end elevation: Fig. 3 IS a sectional view: Fig. 1 :t is a plan View of the bottom; Fig. 5 1s a Patented Aug. 41,1914.

sect-ion upon the line'5 5 of F ig. 4 y in the direction indicated by the, snows;

Fig. 6 is a section upon the line 6,6's ho,Wn in Fig. 4 and looking in the direction in} dicated by the arrows; F igf? is a siiieielevation of a modified form of car; Figf8 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken to one side of the shedding plates; shown in Fig. 7, and broken away in parts to more clearly show details; Fig; 9 isatop plan view of the bolster set forthlin side elevation in Fig 8; and Fig. '10: is a section taken upon the line 10'-10 o f Fig 8 looking in the direction indicated the HII'QW'S. v

In carrying out the invention any preferred form and construction of alcar may be arranged according to the teachings of my invention, but I have shown one form in the drawings whiclrrneets the requirements very effectively, and in such embodi- 1 meat. 1:") rep esents one of the trucks wh'icl 1 may be of any desired construction; and is mounted under the bolster "1.6" in ftheii'su al manner. The bolster '16 preferably made up of a main body portion"hai'ingl'flangfes 17 which are bolted orotherwisesecurd "to the left-hand sill 18 which may be of the ordinary construction but is pieferably made of channels placed back to. back. The opposite end of the main portion of theb plste'r x wardly at the top and is provided with flanges 22 shown in dotted lines in Fitz. 9 and secured against the webof sill 20 so as to form a continuation of the main body portion of the bolster. and this two-piece through it in a solid structure at this point. it being necessary to place the sill -2O within the ends of the bolster in oi'derlt o' accommodate the structure of the car body. Ino'rder to insure a rigid structure for the bolster'a bridge piece '23 is provided, and itcomprises a web 24 and upper and lower flanges, the latter being secured by bolts to the two sections of the bolster asshown in Fig. 8. This .member is inclined as shown in this figure to conform to the configuration of the end portion 21 of the bolster.

.So far the description has been confined to the lower frame structure of the car and has been described with particular reference to thebolster and the sill arrangement and the point of invention .in this part of the structure lies in the arrangement of a sill passing between portions of a divided bolster. together with means for insuring a rigid structure in the'divided bolster.

Secured to the sill 18 are supports 25 which extend vertically above the sill and at the upper end support a suitable channel 26 extending-along the side and throughout the length of the car. The sill 20, on the other hand, has secured to its upper flanges brackets 27 having inclined faces, and these brackets 27 and the channel 26 support in termediate rails 28 having flanges 29 to which the floor of the body is secured. At each end of the car an angle rail 28 is arranged, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, for supporting the bottom or floor at this point. There are several of these rails throughout the length of the car and the number may be varied as desired. The sill 20 also supports, at each end of the car, an upright 30 secured at its upper end to a transverse end channel 31 which extends out beyond the side of the trucks on one side and at its opposite end is secured to one ofthe uprights 25. A diagonally disposed channel 32 extends f rom a.

point near the base of the upright 30 to the overhanging end of each channel 31 where it extends'out beyond the side of the trucks as shown; To these same ends of the channels 31, which extend beyond the sides of the trucks, are fsec'ured upright angle members 33, and th se members are connected at their upper;ends to inclined angle bars 34 which e'xteihd? down transversely of the car to the opposite ends of the end channels A suitab e. ellld plate 35 of sheet metal 15' secured .tb {these members and forms the ends of the ar above the end channels 31. A sidfshetmetal plate 36 forms the side of the car abovethe plane of the end channels 31, and itis extended below this point for a T'purpose to be described.=

The lower structure of the car including the ends and the bottom or floor is made up of cast plates and these will now be described. Each end is made up of a cast plate 37 closing the space formed by the upright 30, the end channel 31 and the angle rail 28', while a cast plate 38 closes the space formed by the upright 30, the end channel 31 and the diagonal channel 32. These plates are provided with suitable webs on the outside to give strength but more particularly to radiate heat from the end plates. Another suitable cast end plate 39 is secured to a portion of the angle rail 28. to the diagonal-upright 32 and to the downwardly projecting portion of the side plate 36. This plate is likewise provided with radiating flanges.

The bottom of the car is inclined as shown and is made up of three longitudinally diaposed rows of cast plates fit) all provided with radiating flanges 40' on the under side. These plates are arranged so that their main body portions are a short distance apart at their adjacent edges and at their lateral aojaccnt edges one has an extension or flange portion 42. as shown in Figs. 5, for projectcent plate, and this flange and extension construction is maintained at all the seams in the floor of the car.

The flange of each plate is provided with elongated openings 44 to receive bolts -15 which pass through counter-sunk openings to in the projection of the next adjacent plate, and through openings in the rails 28 and 28. The object of this arrangement is that there may be lateral expansion and corn traction between the plates due to changes in the plates are connected by the bolts 45 so that they may move relatively in the plane of the floor, as shown clearly in Fig.' 4, in order thatexpansion and contraction may take place. At the transverse adjacent edges one plate is provided at its edge toward the lower edge of the bottom or floor with an "overhanging projection 47 similar to the lateral projections 43 and these are adapted to lap over flanges 48 extending from the edge of the nextadjacent lower plate, this flange 48 being lower in each instance than the upper surface of the plate, so that the with each other. The flanges 48 are provided also with elongated openings 49 for receiving bolts 50 which pass through counter-sunk openings 51 in the projection 47. 'hen the plates are in normal position there is space between adjacent edges so that expansion and contraction may take place transversely. The upper edges of all of the plates along the upper edge of the bottom or floor of the car are provided with downwardly projecting flanges 52 which engage the flanges of the rails 28 and the angle rail edge of the bottom are provided with shouL ders 53 which aline and form a ridge, as it were, longitudinally of the car and also form 1 along flat portion 54 which serves to carry 5 the material beyond the trucks and oil boxes and well out from the side of the car. This 5 flat portion 54- is provided with openings 55 for a purpose to bedescribed. l Hinged to the downwardly projecting porupper surfaces of all plates may be flush 28'. while the lower plates 40 at the lower' mg over the extension 43 of-the next arljatemperature. It is understood that normally tiou bf the side plate 36 are suitable doors 56 of cast metal having upon the lower inner edge thereof a wear strip 57 whichisadapted to engage the shoulder 53 formed on the lower floor plates. These doors are held against this shoulder by means of gravity latches 58 pivoted under the car and swinging up through the openings 55. There are several doors, four in the present case, throughout the length of tggocar, and there are two latches for each r, one being located near each end.

In the modification shown in Figs. 7, 8 and 10, the car is provided with a similar bottom structure and upper structure, but the overhanging side plate is brought down sufficiently so as to connect withan upper chute member 59. The doors 60,'in this in- ,stance, are mounted on segments (31 pivoted on suitable pins 62 secured to transversely disposed shedd ng plates 63 bolted to the bottom of the car and having shed-like upper portions 64 which are clamped on either slde of a bracing web plate 65 secured to the 5 side plate and tothe bottom of the car.

These shedding plates serve to make a housing for the segments 61 of adjacent doors and they are continued out between the bot tomand the chute member 59- so as to com plete the chute formation at each door. Pivoted in suitable brackets or ears 66 secured to the upper edge of each door is a link 67. which has its other end pivoted in suitable ears 68 carried by a cross head 69 mounted upon vertically disposed guides 70. This cross head'has an arm 71 projecting therefrom and adapted to be engaged by any suitable lifting mechanism, not shown. The chutes, formed at each door, as shown in Fig. 7, are slightly less in length than the length of each door whereby the segments 61 are arranged outside of the chutes. and within the housings formed by the shedding plates 63. In the type of car set forth in the drawings, a little more than half of the car being shown in Fig. 7, there are four doors so that there will be four chutes, and the supporting will be arranged in the housings formed at the three points within the length of the car, the end segments for the two end doors being outside of the ends of the chutes toward the ends of the ear.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. In a dump car, in con'ibination, suitable trucks, a framework mounted upon said trucks, 5 body, and a lioor comprising a plurality of cast plates supported on the framework to have free expansion with respect to each other and to have movement bodily in the plan of the floor.

2. In a dump car, in combination, suitable trucks. a framework mounted upon said trucks, a body mounted upon said framework, and a floor comprising a plusegments for these doors rality of cast plates supported upon the franiework, and having connections between them and with theframeworlt to permit expansion and contraction of'th e p lates and bodily novement in the plant e 'o f[the "ilooi.

, In a'dumppar, in combination, suitable trucks, a framework mounted thereon, a car body mounted on the 'jframeworkfa floor mounted upon the framework in thebottom of the body, said floor being composed of cast plates having overlapping oints permitting free expansion and contraction of one plate with res ect to the other, and means securing the p ates to the framework and permitting bodily movement of the plates in the plane of the floor.

4. In a dump car, in combination, suit able trucks, a frame mounted thereon, a body supported by said frame, and a floor mounted in said body upon the frame and comprising a plurality of cast plates having slid-able lap joints permitting each plate to expand and contract with respect to the adjacent plate in the plane of the floor, and means securing said plates to the frame and permitting bodily movement of the plates in the plane of the floor.

5. In a dump car, in combination, suitable trucks, a frame mounted thereon, a car body on said frame, a floor for said body and composed of a series of plates having overlapping portions at their adjacent edges, such overlapping ortions being provided with openings, t e opening of one portion being larger than the opening in the corresponding portion, bolts passing through such openings for securing the plates together but permitting them to move in the plane'of the bottom of the car relative to each other, supporting members for said floor, means for securing said floor to said supporting members, and suitable dumping doors.

6. In a dump car, in combination, suitable trucks, a frame mounted thereon, a car body on said frame, a floor for said body and composed of a series of plates having overlapping portions at their adjacent edges, such overlapping portions being pro vided with openings the opening of one portion being larger than the opening in the corresponding portion, olts passing through such openings, for securing the plates together but permitting them to more in the plane of the bottom of the car relative to each other, transversely disposed rails secured to the framework, means for securing the floor to the rails, and suitable dumping doors.

7. In a dump car, in combination, suitable trucks. :1 frame mounted thereon, a car body on said frame, an inclined floor for said body and composed of a series of plates having overlapping portions at their adjacent edges. such overlapping portions being provided with openings, the opening of one means for'seci ring the fiber to the rails, and portion being larger than the opening in the suitable dumping doors. I 10 corresponding portion, bolts passing through In testimony whereof I afiik my signature such openings for securing the plates to- 4 in presence of two. witnesses as follows:

gether ut permitting them to move in the I SAMSON D. W'RIGHT. plane of thebottom of the car and relative Witnesses:

to each other, inclined transversely dis-l v ALTON H. BEMIS,

posed supporping rails secured to' the frame, C. H. Tnescn. 

